William H. Macy
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After the fact, after I told her, this is your life, babe, get used to it.
After the fact, after I told her, this is your life, babe, get used to it.
Yeah. Do you think that she, what did she take from it? Did she take that this is life is hard and continuous?
Yeah. Do you think that she, what did she take from it? Did she take that this is life is hard and continuous?
It's a great question and it's ongoing. I think Felicity and I are good parents because I'm not good with empathy and I'm not good with blanketing people with unconditional love when they're hurting. She is perfect at that and knows intuitively what to say On the other hand, there are times
It's a great question and it's ongoing. I think Felicity and I are good parents because I'm not good with empathy and I'm not good with blanketing people with unconditional love when they're hurting. She is perfect at that and knows intuitively what to say On the other hand, there are times
In parenting, I think where you got to go, hold on, you're flying in the face of reality and I'm not going to support it because I love you and it ain't going to work. It won't work now. It won't work in the future. It's never worked in the past. I'm the reality guy.
In parenting, I think where you got to go, hold on, you're flying in the face of reality and I'm not going to support it because I love you and it ain't going to work. It won't work now. It won't work in the future. It's never worked in the past. I'm the reality guy.
Yeah. I mean, I hate to be simplistic about it, but that kind of seems like masculine, feminine or father, father, mother. And I don't, it may be, it's the natural order of things. The last 20 years would say it's unnatural, but, but it may be that, but I find that that's kind of how, how we have chemicals that do that. Yeah. And they have chemicals that do empathy.
Yeah. I mean, I hate to be simplistic about it, but that kind of seems like masculine, feminine or father, father, mother. And I don't, it may be, it's the natural order of things. The last 20 years would say it's unnatural, but, but it may be that, but I find that that's kind of how, how we have chemicals that do that. Yeah. And they have chemicals that do empathy.
We were very assiduous about the screeners this year for the voting for the Academy Awards, all the award shows. So I watched all the movies. And there were four or five of them, you're going to ask me to name them and I can't, that were about mother-daughter relationships. And oh, Lord, they just slew me. It's so...
We were very assiduous about the screeners this year for the voting for the Academy Awards, all the award shows. So I watched all the movies. And there were four or five of them, you're going to ask me to name them and I can't, that were about mother-daughter relationships. And oh, Lord, they just slew me. It's so...
I think, you know, I've heard guys in war, when they get killed, the last thing they do is scream for their moms. The mother-daughter relationship is so complicated. Sons and mothers is complicated too, but at least I can understand that when I can see it. But they're so complicated and mothers are... they're magical.
I think, you know, I've heard guys in war, when they get killed, the last thing they do is scream for their moms. The mother-daughter relationship is so complicated. Sons and mothers is complicated too, but at least I can understand that when I can see it. But they're so complicated and mothers are... they're magical.
Yeah. I, I always have a thought that like men have, women are faced significantly more oppression than men. And in general, it seems worse, but they have such a rich emotional portfolio that it's, it's like, this is even,
Yeah. I, I always have a thought that like men have, women are faced significantly more oppression than men. And in general, it seems worse, but they have such a rich emotional portfolio that it's, it's like, this is even,
yes yes i kind of feel that way like no this is about even like you guys get so much we have like muscles and all that but like what you guys have is is uh i don't think it's i think it's about it's pretty compensatory yes um all right i want to go let's just like talk do a speed round very quickly okay fargo any thoughts
yes yes i kind of feel that way like no this is about even like you guys get so much we have like muscles and all that but like what you guys have is is uh i don't think it's i think it's about it's pretty compensatory yes um all right i want to go let's just like talk do a speed round very quickly okay fargo any thoughts
I saw it recently in a theater with people. It's a brilliant movie. Everybody is so good in it.
I saw it recently in a theater with people. It's a brilliant movie. Everybody is so good in it.